Improvement in strip-press



".PETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D CA waited'. gaat parte entrePHILIP HUFELAND,

vor NEW Your, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 103,466, dated May 24, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN STRIPLPRESS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all lwhom. it may concern:

AFigure 3 is a transverse section of the same when closed.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a press intended to facilitate the operationof gl neng strips of wood together on their edges, said strips, afterhaving been supplied at their edges with glue, being placed on a framebetween a stationary abutment and a follower, while their ends arepressed up against a rimprojecting from the platform supporting theframe. Apressingflap, provided with elastic bearing-surfaces, is' thenlocked down upon the strips, so as to hold the same tlat down upon thereceiving frame, and, by turninga suitable cam, the follower is causedto press against the edge of the outer strips, and to retain the stripsin a compressed stateuntil the' glue has set.

In the drawinglhe letterA designates a platform, which is provided witha raised rim, a, on one and with a hinged flap, b, on the opposite side.

On this platform is placed a frame, B, which, when the Hap b is turnedup, fits nicely between the same and the rim (t, and which is providedwith one or more abutments, c, and one or more followers, d.

These followers are placed at such a distance from their abutmeuts thatroom is left to introduce two or more strips. of wood, which are gluedtogether on their edges.

The length of these strips is equal to the width o f the frame B, sothat, when the frame is on'the. platform and the strips are adjusted onthe frame, by turning'up the flap b the ends ofthe strips are firmlypressed up against the raised rim a.

In order to provide an even bearing-surface for the strips, the frame Bis furnished with three raised ribs, e, by preference made of metal.

To the rima of the platform is hinged the, pressing-ap C, which isprovided with a series of elastic pads, j', so that, when said flap isturnedv down upon the strips, the pads will depress the same upon theribs c of -the frame B with a yieldinglpressure, said pads being soconstructed that they can accommodate them selves to any irregularityexisting in the lthickness of the strips.

The pressi ngvfiap 'is locked down by means of screws g, which arehinged to the ends ofl the platform A, and provided with lever-nuts h,and which, when turned up, can be made to catch in mortises t in theflaps, (see g. 1.) By these means all the strips upon the frame can beheld down with the requisite amount of I pressure.

The followers d are subjected to the action of cams j, which revolveloosely on the cross-ties of the frame B, and which can be turned bysuitable keys k. By turning these cams in the proper direction, thefollowers are moved toward their abutments 0,*aud the stripsy situatedbetween them, and their abutments are firmly compressed. In this statethe frame B is taken out and put away until the glue has set, and in themean time a new frame is put in, iilled withV strips and treated asabove stated.

By referring to'iig. 2 of the drawing, it will be seen that the frame Bis provided with two cams, j, each of which actuates two followers, sothat the frame is capable of receiving four sets of strips to be gluedtogether. By these means the operation of glueing strips of woodtogether' cdgeways is materially facilitated, and much `time and laborare saved.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

vl. The frame B, provided with one or more followers, d, andcorrespondingabutments c, in combination with the hinged flap b andpressing-Hap C on the platform A, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination therewith, the 'elastic pads f on the pressing-flap O,operating in the manner and for the purpose described.

3. rlhe unattached double cam j, acting on the set of followers al inreverse order, in combination with frame B, hinged flap b, andpressing-flap C, substantially as described.

PHILIP HUFELAND.

Witnesses W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

